Saddled Blenny
Malacoctenus triangulatus
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Blenniiformes
- Family
- Labrisomidae
- Genus
- Malacoctenus
Where to Find
Found in 50 diving areas across 28 countries and 4 regions.
- Sandy Island, Anguilla - 6 records
- Antigua South Coast, Antigua & Barbuda - 5 records
- Barbuda, Antigua & Barbuda - 1 records
- Abaco, Bahamas - 7 records
- Andros, Bahamas - 13 records
- Bimini, Bahamas - 470 records
- Eleuthera & Harbour Island, Bahamas - 11 records
- Exuma Cays, Bahamas - 20 records
- Long Island, Bahamas - 44 records
- Nassau & New Providence, Bahamas - 37 records
- South Coast, Barbados - 73 records
- West Coast, Barbados - 73 records
- Salt Island & Cooper Island, British Virgin Islands - 232 records
- Virgin Gorda & Anegada, British Virgin Islands - 138 records
- Cayman Brac, Cayman Islands - 12 records
- Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands - 23 records
- Jardines de la Reina, Cuba - 6 records
- Curaçao Southeast, Curaçao - 3 records
- Cabrits & Northern Coast, Dominica - 1 records
- Soufriere-Scotts Head Marine Reserve, Dominica - 3 records
- Punta Cana, Dominican Republic - 47 records
- Carriacou, Grenada - 14 records
- Southwest Coast, Grenada - 12 records
- Cousteau Reserve, Guadeloupe - 5 records
- Ocho Rios, Jamaica - 4 records
- Diamond Rock, Martinique - 22 records
- Saint-Pierre, Martinique - 2 records
- Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 114 records
- La Parguera, Puerto Rico - 204 records
- Rincon & West Coast, Puerto Rico - 252 records
- St. Kitts, St. Kitts & Nevis - 6 records
- Anse La Raye, St. Lucia - 21 records
- Soufriere & The Pitons, St. Lucia - 21 records
- St. Vincent, St. Vincent & the Grenadines - 11 records
- Tobago Cays, St. Vincent & the Grenadines - 9 records
- Tobago, Trinidad & Tobago - 32 records
- St. Croix, US Virgin Islands - 355 records
- St. Thomas & St. John, US Virgin Islands - 163 records
- Ambergris Caye, Belize - 35 records
- Lighthouse Reef, Belize - 43 records
- Turneffe Atoll, Belize - 7 records
- Caribbean Coast, Guatemala - 10 records
- Roatán, Honduras - 3 records
- Utila, Honduras - 21 records
- Bocas del Toro, Panama - 13 records
- Coiba National Park, Panama - 13 records
- Yucatán Cenotes, Mexico - 5 records
- Salvador & Bahia, Brazil - 7 records
- Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 2 records
- Los Roques Archipelago, Venezuela - 5 records